Where is my healthy?
Given up gluten has, ostensibly, removed a toxin from my body that was probably causing a lot of internal inflammation and general unpleasantness, of which I wasn’t ever really aware. Yes, I tired easily and was fairly tense and anxious, but I wasn’t miserable. Those symptoms could have easily belonged to another set of maladies, [...]
10 Things to Avoid in Beauty Products
The Progressive Pioneer put up a great post about 10 highly-toxic substances often found in beauty products. It’s amazing we take all this stuff for granted as being healthy! 10 Things to Avoid It’s up to us to discover these things and share the information. Sadly, large corporations will throw nasty stuff into things we [...]
Cleaning Up My Life
This post first appeared on my other blog, Confounded by Quilting, and basically cemented my desire to have a more appropriate blog title for the homesteady bits of my writing. Like many folks, I took health and well-being for granted in my younger years, and being raised in the middle-class American Midwest, I took many [...]
Natural deodorant + More natural goodness
Good morning! The ever-resourceful Barbara sent me more information about using natural deodorants, which I’ve employed today. At noon, we’ll see how the stench level is. I used a base of rock salt crystal, then put on the deod, finally applying a light layer of cornstarch. Between the salt, grapefruit, ginger and cornstarch, I’m starting [...]
All-Natural and Totally Organized
Not yet, but that’s a good goal I have in mind. First, let me say this – this post isn’t intended to be preachy; these are my choices, and most of them don’t come easily or cheaply. I think it would be great if we could revolt against Commercialism As It Is, but that’s hard [...]
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Now Reading
Planned books:
- Bringing It to the Table: On Farming and Food by Wendell Berry
- The Lovely Bones by Sebold Alice
- A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson
- Luka and the Fire of Life: A Novel by Salman Rushdie
- The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest by Stieg Larsson
Current books:
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The Art of the Commonplace: The Agrarian Essays of Wendell Berry by Wendell Berry
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The Girl Who Played with Fire (Vintage) by Stieg Larsson
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Poachers: Stories by Tom Franklin
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Song of Ice and Fire Set: A Game of Thrones, a Clash of Kings, a Storm of Swords, a Feast for Crows, by George R. R. Martin
Recent books:
- Ill Wind by Nevada Barr
- A Superior Death (An Anna Pigeon Novel) by Nevada Barr
- Track of the Cat by Nevada Barr
- Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter. by Tom Franklin by Tom Franklin
- Safe from the Sea by Peter Geye
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